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• IHD: Government should answer KCK’s inaction 

  Human Rights Association (IHD) President Öztürk Türkdoğan reported that 227 civilians lost their lives within the last three months as a result of the war concept initiated by the AKP ruling.
• Three ISIS members released in Antalya 

  Out of four persons who had been remanded in custody on grounds of “recruiting members for ISIS” in Antalya, three were released after the first session held at Antalya 2nd High Criminal Court today.
• Names of the persons and institutions organising ISIS in Bingöl 

  Apart from Adıyaman, Bingöl is another Kurdish city in Turkey where gang groups such as ISIS, Al-Nusra or Ahrar-u Sham are freely getting organised.
• FARC-EP Commander Nariño: We will not abandon arms 

  FARC-EP Commander Alexandra Nariño put emphasis on the difference between terrorism and a struggle for political and social reasons, and the need for a mutual political will of two sides for a process of negotiation.
• Up to 7.5 years in prison asked for Tahir Elçi 

  Up to 7.5 years in prison has been asked for Head of Diyarbakır Bar Association, Tahir Elçi, who was detained and questioned last week for saying that "PKK is not a terrorist organization".
• Rojava General Coordination issues a call for November 1 election 

  Rojava Cantons General Coordination called upon the peoples of North Kurdistan and Turkey to ensure strong participation in November 1 election and vote for HDP, saying that; “HDP's success is the success of peace and reality”.
• Operation against HDP in Aydın 

  Operations of political genocide against HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) continue increasingly ahead of November 1 elections.
• Young woman shot by police in Istanbul dies 

  Attacks and crimes by Turkish 'security forces' continue claiming more lives.
• Jailed ISIS member: MİT gave us arms at Tal Abyad border 

  An ISIS member captured by YPG/YPJ during Tal Abyad operation told ANF about the cooperation between the Turkish state and ISIS.
• Jailed ISIS member from Turkey: İsmail Ağa Sect sent me to ISIS 

  Islamic groups under the protection of the AKP government are facing no obstacles from the Turkish state as they freely perform their activities across the country to spread their propaganda and recruit members.
• Father of wanted suicide bomber: My son might be in Turkey now 

  All the data available thus far indicate the state-run AFAD (Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency) camp for refugees in Adıyaman as one of the major centers of ISIS activities in Turkey.
• Wanted suicide bomber: We crossed into Syria through a path for ISIS 

  Mahmut Gazi Tatar’s name appears on the 21-person list of 'suicide bombers' wanted in Turkey. He spoke to ANF about how he met ISIS in Adıyaman, how ISIS recruits members in this region, and who sent him to Syria.
• Elçi released on conditions of supervision: I am behind my words 

  Head of Diyarbakır Bar Association, Tahir Elçi, has been released following his detention last night in the scope of a warrant of capture for defending that “PKK is not a terrorist organization”.
• Yüksekdağ: It is now the government's turn to declare inaction 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ said it is now the turn of the government to answer the unilateral declaration of inaction by the KCK on October 10.
• Survivors of Ankara bombing forced to pay for hospital services 

  Survivors of 10 October's Ankara bombing, which left over a hundred people dead and hundreds of others wounded, have been asked to pay for services in hospitals where they received treatment.
• Commemorations at the 1st week of Ankara massacre: We will not forget 

  Victims of the Ankara bombing, which was perpetrated by an AKP-ISIS alliance at 10:04 in the morning of October 10, have been commemorated in many cities across Turkey at the first week of the massacre.
• S&D Group offers condolences to HDP for victims of Ankara bombing 

  President of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament expressed his sincere condolences to HDP for the victims of the bomb attack of last Saturday.
• Demirtaş slams Davutoğlu: What are you trying to hide? 

  HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş strongly criticised the broadcast ban on Ankara bombing and reacted to Davutoğlu’s threats of intervention against the PYD.
• Ankara Medical Chamber: 103 people died in the bombing 

  Ankara Medical Chamber said 103 people lost their lives in the bombing, while 89 others are still receiving treatment at hospitals, including 20 being held under intensive care.
• HDP denounces a plan of assassination against Demirtaş 

  It came out that Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) filed a denouncement to the Ministry of Interior after getting information about a plan of assassination against the party's co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş.
• PKK: Ankara massacre aims to suppress Kurds and democracy forces 

  PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party) Central Committee said the massacre was perpetrated by AKP as part of the war waged against Kurdish Freedom Movement and Turkey's democracy forces with an aim to suppress and eliminate them.
• Dozens more detained in ongoing operations of political genocide 

  Operations of political genocide against the Kurdish population continue in line with the war concept initiated by the fallen AKP government after its historic defeat at June 7 elections.
• Life brought to a halt in Ankara as thousands join the general strike 

  While the two-day general strike witnessed large participation across Turkey, thousands of people and workers took to streets in Ankara where Saturday's twin blasts claimed the lives of over a hundred people and left as many wounded.
• 10 of those wounded in Ankara bombing remain in critical condition 

  While the demonstrators wounded in Saturday's massacre in Turkish capital Ankara continue receiving treatment in various hospital across the city, 10 among them remain in life-threatening situation.
• Bodies of 102 peace martyrs handed over to families 

  The bodies of 102 victims of the deadly blasts in Ankara have been handed to their families after the completion of post-mortem examinations in tears and amid protests against the AKP ruling and the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.